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The College Visit Checklist--The Dorms and Alternative Housing
Students and parents should be encouraged to take a careful look at dorms when they visit colleges. Some are wonderful; others are quite awful!

Published by ThomasTrzyna (1,750 pts ) on Sep 21, 2009 to
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Advising Students About the Importance of Their Peers
The other students in a college will be one of the more important factors in any student's education. So on the college tour, students should be encouraged to check out their potential peers.

Published by ThomasTrzyna (1,750 pts ) on Jun 13, 2009 to
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Attending College Abroad
Can you save money by getting a college degree abroad? What should you consider before applying?

Published by ThomasTrzyna (1,750 pts ) on Dec 30, 2008 to
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What about community college?
American community colleges offer an excellent bargain in higher education, and many have extraordinary facilities

Published by ThomasTrzyna (1,750 pts ) on Dec 30, 2008 to
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Stopping Out for a Year
What are the advantages of stopping out for a year before going to college?

Published by ThomasTrzyna (1,750 pts ) on Dec 22, 2008 to
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The Ideal College
This last article in the series, Choosing a College in Tough Economic Times, reviews all the criteria and proposed an ideal college

Published by ThomasTrzyna (1,750 pts ) on Dec 22, 2008 to
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University Rankings
Just what do university rankings tell you about the schools you might attend?

Published by ThomasTrzyna (1,750 pts ) on Dec 22, 2008 to
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How much should college cost?
What does it really cost a college to offer its services? What's a benchmark that you can use to measure whether a college education is reasonable or too expensive? In this first article in the series on choosing colleges in tough economic times, you are provided with some standards.

Published by ThomasTrzyna (1,750 pts ) on Dec 19, 2008 to
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College Food
The series on choosing a college continues with an examination of college food services and what you can learn by thinking carefully about what you see in a college cafeteria.

Published by ThomasTrzyna (1,750 pts ) on Dec 19, 2008 to
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Choosing a College: A Primer for Tough Economic Times
This is the first of a series of articles designed to help school counselors, parents, and even students to make wise and financially responsible choices when it comes time to apply to college. We begin an introduction to the series and to the expertise of the author.

Published by ThomasTrzyna (1,750 pts ) on Dec 18, 2008 to
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